Platinum fell on rising outputs from Jubilee Platinum

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Source: Dukascopy Bank SA
Precious metals declined on Tuesday amid broadly stronger US Dollar after unexpected surge in the US existing home sales in April.

Gold was the top-loser as exit from the Euro Zone still is an option for Greece. Additionally, inaction of the Bank of Japan pushed the yellow metal lower.

Silver tumbled, following weakness of the global equities after Fitch Ratings downgraded Japan from "AA" to "A+".  However, increased buying of the largest silver-backed ETF limited losses of the white metal.

Platinum lost 1.53% as rising output from Jubilee Platinum outweighed disruption of production in Rustenburg's mine caused by labour disputes.

Palladium went down, being pressured by persistent concerns over the Euro Zone that may impact industrial demand for the metal.

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